This story contains excerpts from “So I Won’t Forget,” by Cindy Lipps, D.V.M. She began her veterinary practice at Archer Road Animal Hospital in Baytown in 1984. “My youngest daughter married in October 2016. In 2017,...
“One of my duties at work was to create ID badges for all the employees. They had to be renewed on everyone’s birthday. When Juan came to see me, I made his ID and we flirted...
“It was all kind of a blur for me. All I know is that I woke up in a hospital bed with a half-shaved head. The first thing I asked my nurse was, ‘Can you get...
“In 2018 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. They were talking about surgery. Then two days before Thanksgiving, my doctor called. He said, ‘The team working on your case looked at your scan from three...
“In May 2011, he was in a serious motorcycle accident. The guy who caused the wreck ended up robbing him. He was left down by the bayou, 30 feet from the water. He was unconscious for...
“I was driving home from work when half my face went numb. I didn’t know what was going on. I thought it might be a stroke. I called my dad and told him, ‘I think something’s...
“I’ve always been interested in science. My favorite class right now is chemistry, learning about all the chemical reactions that occur inside the body. “I like to know stuff, like why everything happens the way it...
“When she was 11, she was in an auto-pedestrian accident while waiting for the bus. She died twice while in Life Flight, had a stroke and sustained a serious brain injury. “The doctors gave little hope...
“I’d like to do something with neuroscience, like help create new technology. They have robotics nowadays that can help the brain with muscle movements. It would be cool to develop things like that, maybe to help...
